I have never understood why there is so much ignorance and animosity towards Bitcoin on HN. Why!?!
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42881367
It's absolutely hilarious how all these Hacker News commenters are going on and on about time-stamping, whining about how roughtime hasn't caught on, and how much they need time stamps. Only one person mentions OpenTimestamps, and they've gotten zero upvotes.
Bitcoin Derangement Syndrome.
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They're mostly very well paid people from the IT industry in the western world, they can earn save and invest in a relatively stable currency. They are happy with the status quo because it works very well for them.
Bitcoin rocks the boat.
That and maybe some resentment because they didn't get in early.